Leicestershire 2 Day Friendly at Grace Road - Day 2

LCCC Match Reports

6th April 2018

REPORT | Leicestershire versus Nottinghamshire, pre-season friendly, day 2 of 2

Michael Carberry, Lewis Hill and Callum Parkinson all recorded half-centuries on day two of the pre-season friendly against Nottinghamshire at the Fischer County Ground.

Carberry posted 52 before Hill top-scored with 82 and Parkinson made 57 not out as Leicestershire posted a healthy 349 for 9 - including two wickets with batsmen retiring out - in conditions that were considerably cooler and more overcast than the first day.

The skipper opened the batting with Paul Horton, and was positive from the outset. Carberry was particularly ruthless finding the cover point boundary five times in Mark Footitt’s first five overs.

The openers reached their fifty partnership as Horton drove England international Jake Ball to the ropes at cover. Horton (25) was the first wicket to fall as he was bowled by Harry Gurney with the score on 77, the left armer bringing one back to hit the off stump.

County reached the 100 mark in the 27th over and the captain reached 50 from 86 balls, his innings including six fours and a maximum. Carberry lost partner Neil Dexter soon after; the number three batsman drove firmly at Footitt and the quick bowler took a stunning one handed catch in his follow through.

In the second over after lunch Samit Patel trapped Carberry lbw for 52. Mark Cosgrove and Lewis Hill came together and started to rebuild gradually, with Cosgrove unleashing a couple of trademark cover drives.

The partnership was broken by Luke Wood as the left arm quick bowled Cosgrove for 20. Eckersley joined Hill at the crease and in testing conditions the pair put on 50 for the fifth wicket. Hill was the second Leicestershire batsman to reach the half-century milestone. Hill’s 50 came from 72 balls, and contained seven boundaries.

Hill and Eckersley went into tea with the score 234-4 and their partnership worth 89, and they progressed to 82 and 33 respectively before retiring out.

That sparked a flurry of activity with Zak Chappell, Ben Raine and Dieter Klein dismissed in and around the time that the new ball was taken after 70 overs.

Parkinson played a number of eye-catching strokes in reaching 50 from 62 deliveries (7x4, 1x6) while Javid (17 not out) offered valuable support in an attractive 85-run partnership.

misc776322	Leicestershire v Nottinghamshire
	Other matches in England 2018
Venue	Fischer County Ground, Grace Road, Leicester on 5th, 6th April 2018 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Players	Leicestershire: 14 (11 to bat and field); Nottinghamshire: 12 (11 to bat and field)
Toss	Nottinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	D Perry, M Rahaman
TV umpire	KP Smyth
Scorers	PR Clubley (Nottinghamshire), PJ Rogers (Leicestershire)
Close of play day 1	Nottinghamshire (1) 394/6 (Wood 54*, Fletcher 61*; 91 overs)

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Nottinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
*SJ Mullaney	c Carberry b Parkinson	85	107	145	10	1	70
JD Libby	b Griffiths	44	65	104	5	-	44
WT Root	retired out	85	119	140	14	-	86
SR Patel	c Griffiths b Chappell	23	36	46	4	-	27
MH Wessels	lbw b Parkinson	21	40	53	5	-	34
+TJ Moores	c Dexter b Griffiths	5	16	26	-	-	13
L Wood	not out	54	75	116	7	1	51
LJ Fletcher	not out	61	90	90	9	-	62
JT Ball	did not bat
HF Gurney	did not bat
MHA Footitt	did not bat
M Carter	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 6 nb, 3 w)	16
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 364 minutes, 91 overs)	394
Fall of wickets:
1-101 (Libby, 24.3 ov), 2-161 (Mullaney, 35.5 ov), 3-208 (Patel, 48.1 ov), 4-266 (Root, 59.6 ov), 5-270 (Wessels, 60.4 ov), 6-289 (Moores, 67.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Raine	19	7	51	0	-	-	93	8	-
Klein	12	2	51	0	-	1	48	7	-
Chappell	9	1	48	1	2	-	37	8	-
Griffiths	16	1	86	2	1	-	59	10	1
Parkinson	20	4	73	2	-	-	85	9	1
Taylor	5	1	27	0	-	-	22	5	-
Dexter	5	1	18	0	-	-	23	3	-
Mike	2	0	24	0	-	2	5	3	-
Javid	3	0	9	0	-	-	12	1	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
*MA Carberry	lbw b Patel	52	96	125	6	1	71
PJ Horton	b Gurney	25	54	75	4	-	43
NJ Dexter	c and b Footitt	5	29	36	-	-	26
MJ Cosgrove	b Wood	20	39	43	3	-	28
+LJ Hill	retired out	82	103	133	11	1	66
EJH Eckersley	retired out	33	75	99	4	-	58
ZJ Chappell	run out (Wood)	0	10	5	-	-	10
A Javid	not out	17	55	89	1	-	43
BA Raine	c Gurney b Patel	0	3	1	-	-	3
D Klein	lbw b Fletcher	4	11	8	1	-	10
CF Parkinson	not out	57	75	69	7	2	54
GT Griffiths	did not bat
TAI Taylor	did not bat
BWM Mike	did not bat
Extras	(20 b, 8 lb, 22 nb, 4 w)	54
Total	(9 wickets, 349 minutes, 90 overs)	349
Fall of wickets:
1-77 (Horton, 17.6 ov), 2-107 (Dexter, 27.2 ov), 3-113 (Carberry, 30.3 ov), 4-145 (Cosgrove, 39.3 ov), 5-256 (Eckersley, 64.6 ov), 6-256 (Hill, 64.6 ov), 7-259 (Chappell, 67.1 ov), 8-259 (Raine, 67.4 ov), 9-264 (Klein, 70.4 ov)

Nottinghamshirebowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Ball	12	1	47	0	2	-	54	8	-
Footitt	11	1	52	1	2	3	47	4	1
Gurney	14	3	42	1	-	-	64	6	-
Fletcher	12	1	48	1	-	6	56	4	-
Patel	12	5	27	2	-	1	60	2	1
Wood	11	2	29	1	-	-	51	4	-
Mullaney	9	0	40	0	-	-	37	5	1
Libby	2	0	7	0	-	1	9	1	-
Carter	5	1	27	0	-	-	18	3	1
Root	2	0	2	0	-	-	10	-	-

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Notes
--> Nottinghamshire first innings: 50 in 73 minutes
--> Nottinghamshire first innings: 100 in 103 minutes
--> Nottinghamshire first innings: 150 in 141 minutes
--> Nottinghamshire first innings: 200 in 176 minutes
--> Nottinghamshire first innings: 250 in 238 minutes
--> Nottinghamshire first innings: 300 in 288 minutes
--> Nottinghamshire first innings: 350 in 332 minutes
--> Leicestershire first innings: 50 in 48 minutes
--> Leicestershire first innings: 100 in 108 minutes
--> Leicestershire first innings: 150 in 166 minutes
--> Leicestershire first innings: 200 in 216 minutes
--> Leicestershire first innings: 250 in 253 minutes
--> Leicestershire first innings: 300 in 317 minutes
--> SJ Mullaney (1) 50 in 81 balls, 99 minutes with 7 fours
--> WT Root (1) 50 in 71 balls, 73 minutes with 9 fours
--> L Wood (1) 50 in 69 balls, 99 minutes with 6 fours and 1 six
--> LJ Fletcher (1) 50 in 76 balls, 77 minutes with 7 fours
--> MA Carberry (1) 50 in 86 balls, 111 minutes with 6 fours and 1 six
--> LJ Hill (1) 50 in 72 balls, 97 minutes with 7 fours
--> CF Parkinson (1) 50 in 62 balls, 58 minutes with 7 fours and 1 six

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Nottinghamshire 1st wicket 50 Partnership; 106 deliveries 73 mins (6 4s 0 6s); SJ Mullaney 22 runs (63); JD Libby 24 runs (41)
Nottinghamshire 1st wicket 100 Partnership; 148 deliveries 103 mins (12 4s 0 6s); SJ Mullaney 53 runs (82); JD Libby 44 runs (64)
Nottinghamshire 2nd wicket 50 Partnership; 63 deliveries 35 mins (6 4s 1 6s); SJ Mullaney 22 runs (20); WT Root 26 runs (43)
Nottinghamshire 4th wicket 50 Partnership; 69 deliveries 47 mins (9 4s 0 6s); WT Root 32 runs (35); MH Wessels 16 runs (34)
Nottinghamshire 7th wicket 50 Partnership; 90 deliveries 53 mins (6 4s 1 6s); L Wood 23 runs (30); LJ Fletcher 27 runs (60)
Nottinghamshire 7th wicket 100 Partnership; 137 deliveries 87 mins (15 4s 1 6s); L Wood 44 runs (52); LJ Fletcher 59 runs (85)
Leicestershire 1st wickety 50 Partnership; 71 deliveries 48 mins (5 4s 1 6s); MA Carberry 29 runs (38); PJ Horton 8 runs (30)
Leicestershire 5th wicket 50 Partnership; 71 deliveries 47 mins (7 4s 0 6s); LJ Hill 29 runs (33); EJH Eckersley 16 runs (37)
Leicestershire 5th wicket 100 Partnership; 146 deliveries 92 mins (13 4s 0 6s); LJ Hill 61 runs (73); EJH Eckersley 32 runs (72)
Leicestershire 10th wicket 50 Partnership; 73 deliveries 47 mins (4 4s 1 6s); A Javid 9 runs (24); CF Parkinson 32 runs (49)

Chris Nash will be taking no part in the game as precaution, after injuring his thumb in the nets.

No delayed start, in fact it's quite the opposite, an early start (by 30 mins).
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With a favourable weather forecast, Notts cricketers take their travels to Leicester in the hope of some actual friendly competition on a grass pitch, starting on Thursday. The squad:

Jake Libby
Chris Nash
Steven Mullaney
Samit Patel
Riki Wessels
Billy Root
Tom Moores
Luke Wood
Luke Fletcher
Jake Ball
Mark Footitt
Harry Gurney

Yorkshire's game for over the weekend has already been called off due to ground conditions, so fingers crossed Grace Road has got better drainage to take away any deluge that might accompany today's forecasted thunder storms.

Cricket News LCCC

4th April 2018

Leicestershire CCC Head Coach Paul Nixon has paid tribute to the groundstaff ahead of the first scheduled game of the season against Nottinghamshire CCC tomorrow (Thursday).

The Foxes host their East Midlands neighbours in a two-day game at the Fischer County Ground with the match scheduled to start at 11am each day.

Although the weather has been more akin to winter than spring recently, Leicestershire CCC has enjoyed some outdoor practice sessions at the Fischer County Ground following the pre-season training camp to Desert Springs.

There were hopes for a potential game in the early part of this week but more heavy rain across the country over the Bank Holiday weekend put paid to that – even football games across the country were affected on Monday.

However, the forecast is brighter for the next couple of days, and the Leicestershire CCC groundstaff have been working around the clock at the Fischer County Ground to give the best possible chance of play.   

“It’s been a really difficult start to the season for our groundstaff, but they got us out in the middle towards the end of last week and both yesterday and today, which was a fantastic effort given the circumstances,” said Nixon.

“[Head Groundsman] Andy Ward and his team won an award for the quality of their one-day pitches last season and you won’t find a harder working group of people around. Their efforts have been outstanding and it means that we’re on schedule despite the weather.

“We’re now really hopeful of getting some competitive match practice against Nottinghamshire. We’ll keep monitoring the conditions because there has been an awful lot of rain here, including today, so the water table is still very high. But we’re optimistic having been in the middle the last two days.

“It’s not been easy for everyone in terms of preparation but we will get on with it. It’s fair to say that most counties are in the same boat because it’s not just one part of the country that has been affected. There’s been snow and rain in the Midlands, north and east, and huge amounts of rain in the south, so everyone has suffered.”

Leicestershire CCC has named a 14-man squad for the game including Mark Cosgrove and Ned Eckersley, who recently arrived back in the UK after successful periods playing in Australia. Zak Chappell is available after recently representing the North in the 50-over series in Barbados while Academy all-rounder Ben Mike is also in the squad.

Nottinghamshire CCC is bringing a squad of 12, including new signing Chris Nash, England international Jake Ball, and three left arm seamers in Harry Gurney, Mark Footitt and Luke Wood.

Nixon said: "It’s been difficult to pick a squad because everybody has been firing, which is great. We want competition for places and we certainly have that.